Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn

Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn (10 June 1929-25 November 2016) was a member of the House of Lords from 4 May 1978 to 25 November 2016 as a UK Labor Party politician.

Biography
Thomas Taylor was born on 10 June 1929, and he served on the Blackburn town council after 1954 and as its mayor from 1972 to 1976. On 4 May 1978, Taylor became a life peer of the House of Lords, and he entered the house as a UK Labor Party politician. He worked on various government boards, and he was a member of the Education Authorities of the United Kingdom, arguing for a better education system. In 2009, he was suspended from the House of Lords for six months due to attempted bribery, the first time that a suspension was performed since the 1600s. Taylor died in a scooter accident on 25 November 2016 at the age of 87.